Mashhad vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mashhad	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$503	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1312	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$172	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$293	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$43	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$250	$5254
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	46	86
😀 Quality of life	57	93
🏙️ Population	3M	1.39M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 86% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 8663rd and 43rd ($503 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 66th and 33rd in Iran and the United States, respectively. Check Iran vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mashhad compared to 1.5 months in San Diego. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 6167th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs San Diego

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	Mashhad	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$348	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.48	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.9	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.7	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.55%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1174	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$736	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.33	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.38	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.26	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.71	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.4	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$45.9	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$623	$28967

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782